solid oak T/G plank flooring

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I have been suckered into buying some solid oak flooring for our kitchen and utility room - the business cards that were on display at our local wood 'shed' suggested expert wood floor fitters but on calling them, the mention of Solid Wood has them running for the hills 'laminate OK- solid wood - no chance' .

Are there people out and about that know what to do? We have a 1920s house where a number of small rooms have been knocked into 2. The sub floor is a mixture of joists with lumpy concrete infill and the concrete base that has been exposed underneath old quarry tiles.

Any advice is welcome.
 
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Hi Downesman, welcome to this forum

The first thing you must do is to create one type of underfloor, as I understand it you now have several (concrete/screed, tiles and joist/chipboard?).
If possible here, the cheapest way to do that is using hardboard. Using severla sheets of thicknesses can also level your floor out. But you'll have to tell me if this is possible in your situation.

Once you have one kind of (level) 'underfloor' the solid oak floorboards can be installed using either glueing down or floating (using 2 - 3 mm foam sound-insulation) and glueing the T&G's.

Hope this helps
 
Totally agree with Woodulike.
There is nothing hard about laying the flooring if you're half decent chippie, and you should be able to find one. You can also always ask in you local independant carpet/ flooring specialist if they can recommend anyone.

My local company often passes people onto me.

Woody
 

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